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Replace HAVE_DEREFERENCE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTOR by a config option named CONFIG_HAVE_FUNCTION_DESCRIPTORS and use it instead of 'dereference_function_descriptor' macro to know whether an arch has function descriptors. To limit churn in one of the following patches, use an #ifdef/#else construct with empty first part instead of an #ifndef in asm-generic/sections.h On powerpc, make sure the config option matches the ABI used by the compiler with a BUILD_BUG_ON() and add missing _CALL_ELF=2 when calling 'sparse' so that sparse sees the same piece of code as GCC. And include a helper to check whether an arch has function descriptors or not : have_function_descriptors() Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/4a0f11fb0ea74a3197bc44dd7ba25e53a24fd03d.1644928018.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.